Automatic trip for shocking machines.



C. R. RANEY. AUTOMATIC TRIP FOR SHOCKING MACHINES.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. I7, 1913- Mn 1% M c D. m m n u m m J. m w P m s m r s P w n a n N m C. R RANEY.

AUTOMATIC TRIP FOR SHOCKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17; 1913.

Z WR Mm m 6H m U Wm P I 1 m mun @llhd PAEN FFIQEQ CLEMMA R. RANEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR T0 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF NEW J EJBJSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC TRIP FOR SHOCKING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 19M.

Application filed November 1'7, 1913. Serial No. 801,527.

' lowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to automatic trips for shocking machines.

It has heretofore been proposed to provide shocking machines of the swinging fork type with fork trips located upon the binder deck, wherein, as the bundle is dis charged from the binder, it strikes the trip and sets the fork in operation. In these constructions it has been impossible to adjust the shocker longitudinally of the binder. Further, the fork has, moreover, been located at such a point with respect to the edge of the deck that the bundle discharged over the deck engages the tines thereof and is caught thereon, causing serious conflict, or is twisted by the tines in such a manner as to cause the bundle to be disposed angularly of the fork and consequently laid irregularly in the shock receptacle. A further difficulty arising from these constructions has been that by so locating the fork opposite the edge of the deck, the fork has not been enabled to obtain a start prior to its engagement with the sheaves, in such a manner as to insure its tines being embedded therein and thereby insure the secure positioning of each sheaf with respect thereto.

My invention has for its object to improve the tripping mechanism of a shocker. A further object of my invention is to provide improved tripping mechanism which permits of longitudinal adjustment of the shocker relative to the binder without disturbing the position of the trip. A further object of my invention is toeliminate catching or twisting of the sheaf by contact with the fork. A further object of my invention is to insure the embedding of the fork tines in the sheaf and thereby obtain the resultant secure positioning of the sheaf upon the fork. I attain these objects by providing an improved longitudinally extensible tripping mechanism located on the binder intermediate the fork and the binder sheaf d s g g m chan sm. fork loca ed a substantial distance below the edge of the binder deck. and operating mechanism for said fork setting the same in motion prior to the discharge of a sheaf into the plane of movement thereof.

In order that my invention may be clearly and fully disclosed, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one embodiment which it may assume in practice.

Figure l is an end elevation of the barvester and shocker equipped with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the trip mechanism.

in the construction shown I have illustrated a shocker of the type described and claimed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 578,106. filed July 21, 1910, cooperating with a binder of standard construction, the trip mechanism being carried upon the binder deck adjacent the sheaf discharging mechanism thereon and operatively connected to the shocker as hereinafter described. I

The shocker shown comprises a main frame 1 having a sheaf delivery member or fork 2 carried on a shaft 3 rotatably mounted in suitable bearings thereon, the shaft being rotated by means of a spring pitman connection 4: of the type described in that application, in such a manner as to swing the sheaf delivery member 2 from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, wherein it rests on a support 5 projecting from the binder frame, to sheaf delivery position over the shocker cradle (not shown). Further, as described in that application, the connection of the sheaf delivery member to its operating pitman connection 4: is controlled by a clutch which is actuated to connect the sheaf delivery member to the driving mechanism therefor when a sheaf isdischfarged from the binder and, as in the present well known construction, the shocker is provided with a sliding tongue connection 7, enabling it to be longitudinally adjusted bodily with respect to the support 5 to position the fork with respect to the binder deck.

The binder shown comprises the usi'lal binder frame having a binder deck 8 equipped with a supplemental deck 9 thereon protruding stubblewardly. It is here to be n ted that t e f rk 2 is so d spo d. he:

Heath this deck that the tines of the fork 2 may not by any chance catch or twist a sheaf moving over said deck in such a manner as to interfere with the standing quality of the shock built by the fork. It is further to be noted that by such a construction the fork 2 is enabled to move upward a substantial distance prior to its engagement with a sheaf and thereby get a sufficient start to insure its tines being driven up to the wood in the sheaf and the secure positioning of the latter upon the fork. Here attention is also directed to the fact that stubblewardly disposed extensions are also provided upon the supplemental deck 9, shown herein in the form of slender spring fingers 9 which extend out over the path of the fork tines and act to support the sheaves in position above the latter, at the same time that they prevent any rolling action of the sheaf over the edge of the deck and permit free movement of the fork, th fingers readily yielding should they be struck by the tines on the latter. These spring fingers in performing their function may also cooperate with a bundle stopping member hereinafter described. The binder is provided with the usual packing mechanism 10, sheaf discharging mechanism 11 and with reciprocating sheaf ejecting members or kicker forks 12 which reciprocate between the strips making up the supplemental deck 9 and act to kick outward a sheaf delivered to them by the sheaf discharging mechanism 11. Inasmuch as this mechanism is, however, of well known construction and, per 86, forms no part of my present invention, it seems accordingly unnecessary to describe the same more in detail herein.

Interposed betweenthe binder and the shocker is my improved tripping mechanism for the sheaf delivery member of the latter. As shown, this mechanism comprises a tripping lever 13 having a stubblewardly curved upper end extending through the supplemental deck 9 at a point adjacent the ends of the kicker forks 12, this lever being journaled in a suitable bracket 14: carried beneath the binder deck and being provided with an elongated shaft or rod 15 extending parallel to the sheaf delivery arm 2 of the shocker. As shown, this rod 15 is provided with a portion of rectangular shape 16 at its free end and extends through a correspondingly slotted link 17 pivotally 1nounted at 18 on a transversely disposed rigid support 19 carried on the shocker frame at a point beneath the axis of the fork. This slotted link 17 is thus obviously operable by the tripping member in any longitudinal position of the shocker regardless of what position the same is adjusted to relative to the binder deck and support 5.' The movement of this link is transmitted through a hook 20 to a second link 21 extending downwardly and sti'ibblewardly from the link 17 and connected at its lower end to a depending arm 22, of a forwardly extending clutch controlling member 23 which is normally held by a swing 24: in the position shown in Fig. 2, wherein it engages the clutch finger of the clutch 6 and holds the clutch disconnected, thercbyrendering the sheaf delivery member 2 inoperative. As shown, this clutch controlling member 23 is movable binder by a U-bolt 28 and is provided with a plurality of upstanding members 29 which project vertically upward on the stubble ward side of the fork in the path of the sheaf discharged from the binder deck in such a manner as to act ES a safety means preventing the same from being thrown beyond the fork and cooperate with the eXteusions 9 on the supplemental deck in positioning the sheaves above the fork.

The operation of the construction is as follows: hen a. sheaf is discharged by the discharge arms 11 of the binder, it is forced outward along the supplemental deck 9, striking the trip 13 and forcing the same backward into the dotted line position shown in. Fig. 1. As this member 13 moves backward, its elongated end 15 is turned about its axis, swinging the link 17 about its pivot and pulling out the link 21 in such a manner as to throw the clutch controlling member away from the clutch finger and permit the clutch to connect the sheaf delivery member to its operating mechanism. Obviously, as soon as the clutch 6 is actuated, the sheaf delivery member will rise from its normal position shown in Figs. 1 and This will occur prior to the time that the sheaf drops down upon the fork and sub stantially at the time the sheaf occupies the outer dotted line position indicated in Fig.

1, the sheaf delivery member moving upward through a substantial interval, giving it a fair start before it engages the sheaf in such a manner that the tines on the sheaf delivery member are driven up to the wood in the sheaf while the latter occupies substantially the position shown. Obviously, as soon as the sheaf has been actuated the clutch controlling member 23 will be swung backward by the spring 2% to occupy its normal or full line position shown in Fig. 1, wherein it will engage with the clutch finger on the clutch 6 when the former has made a complete revolution, and thus again render the sheaf delivery member inoperative until ice the next sheaf has been discharged from the binder deck.

it is to be noted that in this construction the sheaf delivery member, by being set in operation prior to the time that the sheaf falls thereon, acts more quickly than in preceding constructions and gains a substantial start before it engages the sheaf, thus enabling it to send its tines deeper into the sheaf. Attention is further directed to the fact that the tripping member is extensible so that when the shocker and binder are adjusted longitudinally to accommodate the shocker to different grain conditions, there is no interference whatsoever with the tripping action, the trip operating automatically as the sheaf is discharged from the binder deck and the sheaf, through the pr0- vision of the spring extensions and the sheaf stopping member, being retained within the prescribed limits where the fork can reach it. It is also to be noted that since this sheaf stopping member is also operatively connected to the fork clutch, it may likewise act as a. tripping member if desired, altlmugh in the normal operation of the trip herein described such action is unnecessary.

lVhile I have in this application described one form which my invention may assume in practice, it is, of course, to be understood that the embodiment thereof shown herein for purposes of illustration is susceptible of modification without departing from its spirit, and that all such modifications are intended to be covered in this application.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a binder, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a shocker frame operatively connected to said binder, a movable sheaf delivery member thereon, and means moving said member a substantial distance prior to the discharge of a sheaf into the plane of movement thereof.

In combination, a binder, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a shocker frame operatively connected to said binder, a sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted on said frame and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, operating mechanism therefor, and longitudinally extensible means for controlling the operation of said sheaf delivery member and setting the same in operation while a sheaf moves outward over said binder deck.

3. In combination, a binder, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a binder deck thereon, shocker operatively connected to said binder, a pivoted sheaf delivery member carried thereon normally disposed beneath the plane of said binder deck, and automatic means for driving said sheaf delivery member upward through a substantial interval prior to the ejection of a discharged sheaf and into engagement with said sheaf as the latter occupies a position substantially opposite the edge of said binder deck.

i. In combination, a binder, sheaf d1scharging mechanism thereon, a binder deck thereon, a shocker operatively connected to said binder, a pivoted sheaf delivermg fork carried thereon normally disposed beneath the plane of said binder deck with its tines upstanding, and means for driving said fork upward through a substantial interval prior to the ejection of a discharged sheaf and embedding the tines thereof in said sheaf as the latter occupies a position substantially opposite the edge of said binder deck.

In combination, a binder, a binder dock thereon, sheaf discharging mechanism ejecting the sheaves from said binder deck in a substantially horizontal plane, a shocker, a movable sheaf delivery member mounted thereon and normally disposed in a plane a substantial distance beneath said binder deck, and means for driving said sheaf delivery member into engagement with a sheaf as the sheaf is opposite the edge of said bin d or deck.

6. In combination, a binder, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a binder deck thereon, a shocker operatively connected to said binder and longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto, a sheaf delivering fork carried thereon normally disposed beneath the plane of said binder deck with its tines upstanding, and longitudinally extensible means controlled by said sheaf discharging mechanism for driving said fork upward and embedding the tines thereof in a sheaf as the latter occupies a position substantially opposite the edge of said binder deck.

7. In combination, a binder,-sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a binder deck thereon, a shocker operativcly connected to said binder, a sheaf delivering fork carried thereon normally disposed a substantial distance beneath the plane of said binder deck with its tines upstanding, operating mecha nism therefor, and clutch mechanism controlling said shcaf delivery operating mechanism having an actuating member carried on said hinder deck and disposed in the path of a sheaf discharged therefrom.

8. In combination, a binder, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism, a shocker frame operatively connected to said binder, a sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted thereon and normally disposed in a plane a substantial distance beneath said binder deck, and means whereby an initial movement from its normal position. to a position substantially parallel with said binder deck is imparted to said sheaf delivery member prior to its engagement with a sheaf discharged from the binder deck.

9. In combination, binder, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a shocker frame oporatively connected to said binder, a movable sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted thereon and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, operating mechanism for oscillating said sh xaf delivery member upward about its pivot, and means'whereby a substantial upward movement is imparted to said sheaf delivery member while a sheaf moved outward over said binder deck by said sheaf delivering mechanism and prior to its discharge from said deck.

10. In combination, a binder, a binder deck c: rried thereon. sheaf discharging mechanism ejecting a sheaf from said binder deck, a shocker operatively connected to sai d binder, a sheaf delivery member pivoted on said shocker and normally disposed in a plane a substantial distance below said binder deck, and means actuated by said sheaf dischar ing mechanism driving said sheaf delivery member upward and into engagement with the sheaf when the latter is substantially opposite the edge of said binder deck.

11. In combination, a binter, a binder deck thereon, sheaf discharging mechanism ejecting the sheaves from said binder deck, supplemental ejecting means ejecting the discharged sheaves, av shocker operatively connected to said binder, a movable sheafdelivery member mounted thereon and nor mally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, and means controlled by said sheaf discharging mechanism for driving said sheaf delivery member upward into engagement with an ejected sheaf as the latter is opposite the edge of said binder deck.

12. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, sheaf discharging mechanism ejecting the sheaves, supplemental sheaf ejecting mechanism cooperating therewith, a shocker carried at the stubbleward side of said binder, a movable sheaf delivery member mounted thereon and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, operating mechanism therefor, and means actuated by said sheaf discharging mechanism and controlling said operating mechanism for driving said sheaf delivery member into engagement with a sheaf ejected by said cooperating mechanism as said sheaf is opposite the edge of said binder deck.

13. In combination, a binder, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a binder deck, a tripping member carried on said binder deck, a shocker operatively connected to said binder and longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto. a pivoted sheaf delivery member carried on said shocker normally disposed beneath the plane of said binder deck, means for intermittently operating said sheaf delivery member, and longitudinally extensible operative connections between said operating mechanism and said trip tripping said sheaf delivery member into operation as a sheaf is moved into engagement with said tripping member by said sheaf discharging mechanism.

14. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, a plurality of kicker forks operatively connected to a moving part of said binder and moving through said binder deck to eject a sheaf therefrom, a tripping member carried on said binder deck adjacent said kicker forks and in the path of a discharged sheaf, a shocker frame operatively connected to said binder, movable sheaf delivery mechanism on said shocker frame, a clutch on said shocker frame controlling the operation of said sheaf delivery mechanism, and operative connections between said tripping member and said clutch.

15. In combination, a binder, a shocker frame operatively connected thereto, movable sheaf delivery mechanism carried on said shocker frame, a binder deck on said binder, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a trip arm pivotally connected to said binder and protruding in the path of a sheaf discharged over said'binder deck, a clutch controlling the sheaf delivery mechanism of said shocker operatively connected to said tripping member and actuated thereby as a sheaf moves outward over said binder deck, and a sheaf stopping member disposedon the opposite side of said delivery member from said trip and operatively connected to said clutch.

16. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, sheaf discharging mechanism above said deck, tripping mechanism engageable by a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, an upwardly swinging sheaf delivery member normally dis posed beneath said deck, operating mechanism therefor operatively connected to said tripping mechanism and controlled thereby, and a sheaf stopping member disposed on the opposite side of said delivery member from said deck.

17. In combination, a binder, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism on said deck, a tripping member on said deck engageable by a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, an upwardly swinging sheaf delivery member normally disposed beneath said deck, operating mechanism therefor operatively connected to said tripping member and controlled thereby, and sheaf supporting extensions on said deck disposed in the path of said delivery member.

18. In combination. a binder, a binder deck thereon, sheaf discharging mechanism on said deck, a tripping member carried on said deck and engageable by a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, an upwardly swinging sheaf delivery member normally disposed beneath said deck, 0per ating mechanism therefor operatively connected to said tripping member and controlled thereby, sheaf supporting extensions on said deck disposed in the path of said delivery member, and a sheaf stopping member disposed on the opposite side of said delivery member from said extensions cooperating with the latter.

19. In combination, a binder, a shocker frame operatively connected thereto, movable sheaf delivery mechanism carried on said shocker frame, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a trip actuated by a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, a clutch controlling the sheaf delivery mechanism on said shocker and controlled by said trip, a sheaf stopping member operatively connected to said clutch dis posed on the opposite side of said delivery mechanism from said binder, and means normally retaining said clutch in disconnected position.

20. In combination, a binder, a shocker frame operatively connected thereto, movable sheaf delivery mechanism carried on said shocker frame, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a trip actuated by a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, a clutch controlling the sheaf delivery mechanism on said shocker and controlled by said trip, a sheaf stopping member operatively connected to said clutch and disposed on the opposite side of said delivery mechanism from said binder, and means normally holding said trip and stop member in operative position.

21. In combination, a binder, a shocker frame operatively connected thereto, movable sheaf delivery mechanism carried on said shocker frame, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a trip actuated by a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, a clutch controlling the sheaf delivery mechanism on said shocker controlled by said trip, a sheaf stopping member operatively connected to said clutch and disposed on the opposite side of said delivery mechanism from said binder, and a single spring normally holding said trip and stopping member in operative position.

22. In combination, a binder, sheaf discharging mechanism thereon, a binder deck, supplemental sheaf discharging mechanism operating upon a sheaf discharged by said first mentioned discharging mechanism, a tripping member engaged by a sheaf delivered to said supplemental discharging mechanism, a shocker operatively connected to said binder, sheaf delivery mechanism thereon normally disposed substantially beneath said binder deck, and a clutch controlling said sheaf delivery mechanism operatively connected to saidtripping member and automatically controlled thereby.

23. In combination, a binder, a shocker operatively connected thereto and longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto, a binder deck carried on said binder, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted on said shocker frame and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, operating mechanism for said sheaf delivery member swinging the same upward about its axis, and longitudinally extensible and contractible tipping mechanism operatively connected between said shocker and binder having an operating member disposed in the path of a sheaf as it moves over said binder deck actuating said operating mechanism; ,todrive said sheaf delivery member upward prior to its engagement with the sheaf.

24-. In combination, a binder, a shocker operatively connected thereto and longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto. a binder deck carried on said binder, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a. sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted on said shocker frame and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder dock. operating mechanism for swinging the same upward about its axis, clutch controlling mechanisn'i for said operating mechanism carried on said shocker frame, and tripping mechanism for said controlling mechanism engageable by a sheaf discharged over said binder deck and operatively connected to said controlling mechanism in any position of adjustment of said shocker.

25. In combination, a binder, a shocker operatively connected thereto and longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto, a binder deck carried on said binder, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted on said shocker frame and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, operatin mechanism for swinging the same upward about its axis, clutch controlling mechanism for said operating mechanism carried on said shocker frame, and a tripping member for said controlling mechanism carried on said binder deck and engageable by a sheaf discharged therefrom slidably connected with said clutch controlling mechanism.

26. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, sheaf delivery mechanism car ried on said binder, a support carried by said binder and projecting laterally in a plane beneath said binder deck, a shocker frame, an oscillating sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted thereon and normally resting on said support beneath said binder deck, operating mechanism for said sheaf delivery member, and means intermediate said sheaf delivery member and said sheaf discharging mechanism actuated by a sheaf as it moves over said binder deck to throw said sheaf delivery operating mechanism into operation and drive the sheaf delivery member into engagement with a sheaf discharged from said binder deck while the latter is in the air above said sheaf delivery member.

a 27. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, s;heaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, a tripping member carried on said binder deck and disposed in the path of a sheaf discharged by said sheaf discharging mechanism, said tripping memher having an elongated shaft, a shocker f 'ame operatively connected to said binder and longitudinally adjitlstable with respect thereto, a sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted on said shocker frame and normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, a pivoted link carried on said shocker frame having a slot therein through which the shaft of said tripping member is longitudinally movable, operating mechanism for said sheaf delivery member, a clutch controlling said operating mechanism, a clutch actuating member pivotally mounted on said shocker f ame, a link connecting said clutch actuating member and said pivoted link transmitting the movement of said tripping member to said clutch actuating member, and means automatically returning said clutch actuating member to its normal position after said trip is actuated.

28. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, sheaf discharging mechanism carried on said binder, an upstanding tripping member carried on said binder deck and disposed in thepath of a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism, said tripping member having an elongated shaft, a shocker frame operatively connected to said binder and longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto, a sheaf delivery member pivotally mounted on said shocker frame normally disposed in a plane beneath said binder deck, a pivoted link carried on said shocker frame having a slot therein through which the shaft of said tripping member is movable, operating mechanism for said sheaf delivery member, a clutch controlling said operating mechanism, a clutch actuating member pivotally mounted on said shocker frame, a link connecting said clutch actuating member and said pivoted link transmitting the movement of said tripping memher to said clutch actuating member, means automatically returning said clutch actuating member to. its normal position after said trip is actuated, and a supplemental clutch actuating member operatively connected to said clutch actuating member having an upstanding arm protruding across the path of a sheaf after it has left said. binder deck.

In. testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CLEMMA R. RANEY. Witnesses:

J. H. HANLY, H. STRATTON.

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